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The Vinyl Detective - The Run-Out Groove: Vinyl Detective 2 by Andrew Cartmel (view source)
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The Vinyl Detective is not really a detective. He's just a normal bloke - though that might depend on your definition of 'normal' - who lives with his girlfriend Nevada, two cats and a collection of vinyl in a house that happens to be adjacent to the ''Abbey'', a posh rehab place notorious for the celebrities it treats. He doesn't solve crimes or trace missing people, even if he does search for rare records. So when an odd couple turn up on his doorstep requesting his help in tracing a missing child of a 1960's female rock star whose own death was shrouded in now somewhat cultish mystery, he says no. That is, until he is told that the job would also involve tracing a rare single.
As you can probably gather, I have really enjoyed the second instalment of the ''Vinyl Detective'' series and while I wait for the next one, I have already bought the first. Recommended.
At times ''The Run-out Groove'' reminded me of [[High Fidelity by Nick Hornby]], if only Hornby's character had more of a sense of humour and distance to himself. If this read leaves you eager to revisit stories behind real hits, [[Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop by Marc Myers]] examines forty-five songs from the popular music canon. For more from Cartmel, you could try [[Death in Fine Condition by Andrew Cartmel|Death in Fine Condition]]
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